Icy weather impedes travellers in China home-bound for new year festivities
Beijing, China Reuters Freezing rain, snow and ice have complicated the journey home for many in central and eastern China, as billions travel ahead of the Spring Festival in chilly weather that has swept through parts of the country during the past week. The central province of Hubei has been hit the hardest, with highways […]
Chinese cities double down on zero-COVID as outbreaks widen
Beijing, ChinaReuters Chinese cities from Wuhan in central China to Xining in the north-west are doubling down on COVID-19 curbs, sealing up buildings, locking down districts and throwing millions into distress in a scramble to halt widening outbreaks. China on Thursday reported a third straight day of more than 1,000 new COVID cases nationwide, a […]
WHO says it may be “last chance” to find COVID origins
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization said on Wednesday its newly formed advisory group on dangerous pathogens may be “our last chance” to determine the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and urged China to provide data from early cases. The first human cases of COVID-19 were reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in […]
Essay: Why it will soon be too late to find out where the COVID-19 virus originated
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian DOMINIC DWYER, who was a member of the team that visited Wuhan in China earlier this year as part of the World Health Organisation’s investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 virus, says the clock’s ticking…
US calls for “transparent” new investigation into COVID origins
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United States called on Tuesday for international experts to be allowed to evaluate the source of the coronavirus and the “early days of the outbreak” in a second phase of an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus. US intelligence agencies are examining reports that researchers at a Chinese virology laboratory were […]
Wow!: An artist preserves Wuhan’s COVID memories
EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA, of Associated Press, reports on artist Yang Qian’s efforts to capture Wuhan’s 76 day lockdown so that it will not be forgotten…
Essay: I was the Australian doctor on the WHO’s COVID-19 mission to China. Here’s what we found about the origins of the coronavirus
In an article first published on The Conversation, DOMINIC DWYER, an Australian who was a member of a team the WHO sent to China to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, reports on what they found…
Explainer: The WHO’s theories about the origins of COVID-19 after Wuhan probe
Shanghai, ChinaReuters A team of experts appointed by the World Health Organization completed its 28-day mission to the Chinese city of Wuhan this week seeking clues about the origins of COVID-19. The following looks at their findings. What are the main scenarios?Peter Ben Embarek, the WHO’s leading animal disease expert, said the team conducted scientific […]
Understanding COVID-19 origins will take years, says WHO team member
Wuhan, China Reuters A member of the World Health Organization-led team visiting the central Chinese city of Wuhan said he has been surprised by the complexity of getting to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and that years of research lay ahead. Dominic Dwyer, a microbiologist and infectious diseases expert, said the team in Wuhan […]
Two members of WHO delegation to Wuhan held back over health screening
Wuhan, China/Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Two members of a World Health Organization-led team that arrived on Thursday in China’s Wuhan city to investigate the origins of COVID-19 remained behind in Singapore after testing positive for coronavirus antibodies, the global body said. The team of 15 had all tested negative for the disease prior to leaving their […]